My friends trash music opinions

hey guys, this is typically not something I would do but my friends have some wack tastes in music and I was wondering what your thoughts are. Note: They are mostly about rap. I would post this in the RG forums but it was recently closed by the mods. Note #2: As some of my colleages at @genius-editorial-board may know, I’m 14. Therefore, these friends in question are also 14, so naturally, as we all know, their music tastes are going to be a little wack. I’m just trying to open their eyes and show them how wrong they are. I’m like Orpheus from The Matrix, guys. Note #3: Do you agree with any of these opinions? Am I crazy for judging them?

OK then, here’s the first comment at questioning:

Logic is better than Kanye.

Wackness on a Scale of 1 to Wack: 3

Hey I understand where this guy is coming from. There are tons of people that think Logic isn’t the least bit corny. And Kanye has been saying some wack shit on Twitter lately that a lot of people can’t support. But no. This man tells me:

Seriously???? I told him to listen to “Jesus Walks” and so he was like:

What’s it about?

and I was like:

It’s complicated. Just listen to the song and you’ll see what I mean.

and he was like:

Exactly, you can’t explain it so your argument is invalid. I can explain the message behind every Logic song. the “1-800” song, it’s about suicide, “Anziety” is about anxiety, “Black Spiderman” is about “black spiderman”.

But the thing is, Kanye’s songs can’t be boiled down to one socially conscious theme or idea. They’re complicated and ultimately more impactful and progressive than most of Logic’s songs. I’ll even admit that Logic wasn’t always this bad (I liked Incredible True Story a lot), but I’ll say this: both artists fallen off. they’ve both seen better days.

Next opinion at question:

Wackness on a Scale of 1 to Wack: WACK

OK who tf is “Dax”? Apparently some guy who did a “lyrical” remix of “God’s Plan” about the devil. I mean I’m looking at the lyric page now and I guess it’s kind of got a cool story to it (he survived two fires) but it’s still corny af that he’s doing a straight up remix of Drake’s song. I mean that’s the same shit that Joyner Lucas does just for clout. Because all these lyrical rappers are struggling to get attention, they’re becoming attention whores now because people don’t want to hear their “choppy flows”. Like it’s cool but it’s just novelty unless you can really say something with it. No offense to Tech N9ine tho, that man is the godfather of the flow.

Secondly, you’re comparing Biggie and 2Pac, the patron saint martyrs of hip-hop legendarium to nobodies, these clout-chasing motherfuckers that no one is even considering for their top ten? This pisses me off. Not only because it’s an insult to the greats of yesterday, but because it’s an insult to the greats of today as well. If there was ever a worthy successor to what 2Pac represented and what he did, it would obviously be Kendrick Lamar. Hell, there was a whole episode on the Genius x Spotify podcast exploring this idea. And if it’s not K Dot, then it’s got to be Cardi B, which is what Punch Henderson said on Twitter. If there was ever another Biggie, I told him, it would be Chance the rapper. [I later retract this statement after hearing @DanteKapri’s comment.]

That leads me into the next comment at play. This one is from a different friend from the previous two, so Manny, if you’re reading this, know that I’m not talking about you (the other parts tho are completely you):

Well, I can see where he gets Chance being more of a singer. Coloring Books had a lot of more singing on it than usual and that being what many people first heard from Chance, it makes sense for them to call him a singer.

Those comparisons are the most bizarre ones I’ve ever seen. Joyner is good, but is he the Biggie of our generation? No. He’s just the Joyner Lucas of our generation. I’m not even going to get started on that comparison since the two are nothing alike.

Everyone has their own tastes and that’s fine since it makes for great debates. But if you try to pull “this [rapper] is the Biggie/Tupac of our generation,” you better at least make smart comparisons.

Dax as the Tupac of our generation? Bless your poor friend.

Let’s not get started on Logic vs Kanye. The fact that he used Everybody tracks as evidence for his point that Logic is better is embarrassing.

@DoYouWantMore What’s to explain? Rick Ross have shocking physical similarites. But if we’re talking about pioneering a certain area of rap, being true to one’s self, taking the stairs up, it’s 2 Chainz. 2 Chainz helped build ATL trap from the floor. He’s iconic, himself and has some of the best music I think.